Chapter Two:

"Oh, and her legs, and her eyes….oh! And her hair…" Chase was sitting in the coffee room with his head resting on the cool metal table, talking to Dr. Eric Foreman.

"Sounds like you are smitten." Eric smiled good-heartedly.

"With who?" Dr. James Wilson had just walked into the room.

"With some Evelyn he's met." Eric replied off the cuff.

"Evelyn? Evelyn House? She's here? Wait, you like House's little sister?" James spluttered into his coffee. Chase lifted his head from the table.

"WHAT! You didn't say her last name was House!" Eric cried. Chase took no notice.

"You know Evelyn? What do you know?" He looked imploringly over at James.

"Well, she used to come to visit House and I in med. school, I think she was interested in medicine, I dunno what she is going to school for now though. In her senior year she came over here to visit for thanksgiving. She used to go to boarding school, now she lives in California, in university. She is a good twenty or so years younger then House." James nodded his head. Chase thought over what he had said. "I would be careful of her, Chase, House is really protective."

"What am I protective of?" House walked into the coffee room looking at James.

"Oh nothing." James said laughing into his coffee mug. House looked at the three of them.

"I'll find out. Anyway, James, Evelyn is here for spring break, can you drive her over to my place?"

"Sorry, I can't I have an appointment in ten minutes, that I can't miss." James put his mug down. "Good luck with that." He slapped House on the shoulder and walked out.

House looked from Eric to Chase.

"I can take her." Chase volunteered.

"Eric, can you take her?" House completely ignored Chase.

"Sorry, can't. Don't ask why, I just can't." Eric got up and left. House glared at Chase who couldn't help but smile.

"Hey did you get me a ride?" Evelyn walked up behind House and entered the room, glancing around and locking eyes with Chase, an instant smile spread across her face. She was wearing a big black trench coat.

"No. You can sleep in my office." House turned.

"I could take you to House's." Chase stood up. Evelyn though her heart would explode.

"Okay."

"What! No!" House stood staring aghast at his sister.

"Bye Greg." She said. She and Chase walked out of the room together. In the hall was a leather duffle bag and matching back pack. Evelyn reached for it, but Chase picked it up first.

"Allow me." He smiled at her.

"Thanks." She smiled back and then quickly looked away. She wished more then anything she had something witty to say, something really smart, but the only thing that ran through her mind were the words:

He is so hot! He is so hot! He is so hot! He is so hot!

"So is there a name in front of Chase?" That was as stupid thing to ask of course there was a name in front of Chase!

"Uh, yes actually, Robert." They continued to walk through the lobby of the hospital.

"Ah… I like Chase better."

"Me too. Just a sec." He stopped and turned into an office leaving Evelyn standing in the hall. In a second he was back but black coat had replaced the white lab coat, he looked like a movie star she couldn't believe it. "Right, we can go now, Evelyn."

"Oh god," They continued walking. "Call me Evie, only Greg calls me Evelyn."

"Okay Evie." That was it; her legs were going to turn to jelly underneath her. They walked into the parking lot to a large black pick up truck. Chase unlocked it and they both got in. "I heard you are in University. What's your major?"

"Sports Medicine," She glanced at him as they entered the highway. "Greg wanted me to become…..well, I dunno, just not a doctor, he says a person can only find stress in medicine." She looked out the window at the passing New Jersey suburbia.

"What do your parents think?"

"I don't know they died when I was fourteen."

"I am sorry."

"Don't be." She looked at him. "We weren't really a close family, my dad was like Greg only like a million times worse and my mum suffered from OCD. We weren't exactly the dream family." He looked at her then back at the road.

"I had no idea."

"Well, that's no shock, Greg isn't exactly mister feelings now is he." It was a rhetorical question but Evelyn found herself wishing that it hadn't been because they feel back into an uncomfortable silence. She couldn't take it any more. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Yes."

"Why did you choose to work with Greg? I mean what appealed to you?"

"Hard to say really, he is a phenomenal doctor and-

"Yeah, but he is so gruff!"

"Well there is that but the cases that find him are so fascinating."

"Cases that find him?" She stared at him questioningly.

"Well he isn't exactly hunting them down; he avoids work like the plague."

"That's sounds like Greg alright." They feel back in to silence as it started to rain.